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Episode 127: The Quickie: How To Eat Nutritiously On A Budget

Apparently, a big part of adulting is learning how to feed yourself, but with all the expensive health foods and skyrocketing grocery prices, eating well can feel financially overwhelming. So this week we’re talking about how to balance our nutrition without breaking the bank, because if we’ve learned anything on our wellness journeys, it’s that there is no one-size-fits-all solution for healthy eating and finding what works for your body can have a huge impact on how you feel.

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Episode 117: The Quickie: How To Save Money And Budget Better | Rerelease

Spring has arrived, and just like the flowers outside, your finances deserve to bloom and flourish this season too! But with interest rates and inflation on the rise, saving money can feel like we’re all trying to swim upstream. So this week we’re throwing it back to an oldie but a goldie where we dive into some easy ways to save money and budget better, literally starting today! Because adulting just hits differently when you have your financial shit together.

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Episode 85: How To Buy A Home In The Current Real Estate Market, with realtor Alexandra Cote

The real estate market is crazy right now, but if there’s one thing we learned from today’s episode, it’s that home ownership is absolutely still possible right now, and there’s not necessarily a “good” or “bad” time to get into the market — if you can afford to get in, start building that equity, boo!

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Episode 71: Teach Me How to Recession-Proof My Finances and Navigate Inflation and Interest Rates, with Nicole Victoria of No Budget Babe

As if adulting wasn’t hard enough already, we’re now facing the realities of rising interest rates, skyrocketing inflation, mass layoffs and a looming recession. Anyone else need a drink? So this week’s episode is all about how to recession-proof our finances, because economic instability is upon us, whether we like it or not.

There is A LOT to learn when it comes to protecting your nest egg, winning in an unstable stock market, and multiplying your revenue streams, so we brought in financial expert Nicole Victoria AKA No Budget Babe, to teach us how to take control of our finances.

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Episode 47: How To Manage Money In Your Relationship

From discussing salaries and the cost of homes, to splitting the bill and vacation-planning, it’s NEVER easy to talk about money. But it’s super important to get comfortable doing it—in a 2018 Fidelity Couples & Money survey, 46% of couples admitted that money was the biggest challenge in their relationship.

The key is figuring out how you want to structure your finances *together*, so you can contribute and save towards important goals, and still have your own financial independence—which we’re all about!

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Episode 41: How To Buy Or Rent Your Next Home

The housing market is absolutely insane in North America right now, especially in the major cities of Canada (helllllo, Toronto and Vancouver). The market is hotter than ever, and Canadian house prices and home sales hit record highs this March. So in today’s quickie, we’re diving into everything you need to know to navigate renting or buying your next home.

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Episode 37: How To Start Investing My Money

Sure, #selfcaresundays are good for the soul, but do you know what else feels good? Financial empowerment. So today we’re talking all things investing with millennial money expert, Jessica Moorehouse.

This is one of our most-requested topics and it’s no surprise why. In our recent Instagram poll, 80% of you said that you find investing intimidating — and we totally get that. A lot of us might believe that investing is only for super rich, middle-aged people, but we promise you that is not the case. It is SO key to start investing even the smallest amount while you’re young, so you can reap the benefits of those early investments later on in life. Hello early retirement!

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Episode 11: How To Budget…And Feel Good About My Money

Money is on everyone's minds right now, but most of us can't make sense of how to manage it. It’s more important than ever to keep an open dialogue about your financial wellbeing, especially as we navigate the effects of the Coronavirus on the economy and workforce. So we're diving into money management, budgeting, savings hacks and the psychology behind how we spend our money with finance expert Melissa Leong.

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Episode 03: How to Prep for Tax Season

Welcome to this week's quickie, our super fast take on all the adulting things that matter to you. Today, we’re helping you get ready for tax season with Laura Davidson, an Accounting Consultant, Business Coach, Entrepreneur, and the founder of Modern Money, a financial resource for millennial women.

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